Sentences with phrase «whether emotional responsiveness»

Longitudinal analyses allows researchers to identify pathways of risk, and to ascertain whether emotional responsiveness informs feeding responsiveness, or vice versa.

Thus, it is important to assess whether emotional responsiveness is part of the foundation for feeding responsiveness, especially in the context of deficits in maternal energy - intake regulation.

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It's unclear whether this touch must come from the parents; however, when mothers provide such touch, there are also other benefits, including emotional bonding, responsiveness, and other increased health benefits.

A recent random assignment intervention study examined whether mothers» responsive behaviours could be facilitated and whether such behaviours would boost young children's learning.6 To also examine the most optimal timing for intervention (e.g. across infancy versus the toddler / preschool period versus both), families from the intervention and non-intervention groups were re-randomized at the end of the infancy phase, to either receive the responsiveness intervention in the toddler / preschool period or not.22 The intervention was designed to facilitate mothers» use of key behaviours that provided affective - emotional support and those that were cognitively responsive, as both types of support were expected to be necessary to promote learning.